SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
u. 5. Congres. Senat OF THE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE
EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS
S. 1245 and S. 2337
BILLS TO PROVIDE MATERNITY AND INFANT CARE FOR
WIVES AND INFANTS, AND HOSPITAL CARE FOR
DEPENDENTS, OF ENLISTED MEMBERS OF
MARCH 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND APRIL 10, 1952
Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1952
Martha M. Eliot, M. D., Chief, Children's Bureau, Social Security
Administration, Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C. 15
Leona Baumgartner, M. D., assistant commissioner of health,
New York City Health Department, New York, N. Y....
Mrs. Milton Lachenbruch, member, board of directors, Spokesmen
for Children, Washington, D. C..
Mrs. Edward C. Preble, 22 East Seven Hundred and Fourth Street,
Orangeburg, N. Y..
Edwin S. Hamilton, M. D., member, board of trustees, American
Medical Association, Kankakee, Ill.
Woodruff L. Crawford, M. D., chairman, committee on maternal
and child care, council on medical service, American Medical
Association, Rockford, Ill__
L. E. Burney, M. D., State health commissioner of Indiana, and
president, Association of State and Territorial Health Officers,
Indianapolis, Ind..
Philip S. Barba, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa.
Thursday, March 13, 1952:
Testimony of—
C. D. Swope, D. O., chairman, department of public relations,
American Osteopathic Association, Washington, D. C.........-
Miss Elizabeth A. Smart, national director, department of legis-
lation, National Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
Washington, D. C.........
David Whatley, 7400 Arden Road, Bethesda, Md_
Philip Schiff, chairman, national public social policies committee,
American Association of Social Workers, New York, N. Y..........
Dorothy B. Ferebee, M. D., medical director of the university
health service, Howard University, and president, National
Council of Negro Women, Washington, D. C...............
Walter J. Mason, member, national legislative committee,
American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Ada Barrett Stough, executive director, American Parents
Committee, Washington, D. C... --
Friday, March 14, 1952:
Testimony of
Stephen Jackson, Office of Counsel, Office of the Secretary of
Defense, Washington, D. C..................-
Col. Clement F. St. John, Chief of the Medical Plans and Opera-
tions Division, Office of the Surgeon General of the Army,
Washington, D. C.
Maj. Hollis A. Fisher, Morale and Welfare Branch, Assistant Chief
of Staff, G-1, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C..
Mrs. Theodore O. Wedel, general department of United Church-
women of the National Council of Churches of Christ, Wash-
ington, D. C.
Miss Helen Hall, director, Henry Street Settlement for National
Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, New
York, N. Y..
William V. Lavelle, assistant director, legislatíve department,
CIO, Washington, D. C..
Jerome Pollack, social security department, UAW-CIO, Detroit,
Mich__
Melvin L. Dollar, legislative representative, Cooperative Health
Federation, Washington, D. C...
Thursday, April 10, 1952:
Testimony of—
E. A. Van Steenwyk, executive director, American Hospital Serv-
ice of Philadelphia, and chairman of Government relations
committee of Blue Cross Commission, Philadelphia, Pa...------
Alphabetical list of witnesses:
Barba, Philip S., M. D., Philadelphia, Pa......
Baumgartner, Leona, M. D., assistant commissioner of health, New
York City Health Department
Bosone, Hon. Reva Beck, a Representative in Congress from the
State of Utah..
Burney, L. E., M. D., State health commissioner of Indiana and
president, Association of State and Territorial Health Officers,
Indianapolis, Ind..
Dollar, Melvin L., legislative representative, Cooperative Health
Federation, Washington, D. C..
Eliot, Martha M., M. D., Chief, Children's Bureau, Social Security Ad-
ministration, Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C..
Ferebee, Dorothy B., M. D., medical director of the university health
service, Howard University, and president, National Council
of Negro Women, Washington, D. C.
Fisher, Maj. Hollis A., Morale and Welfare Branch, Assistant Chief
of Staff, G-1, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C.
Hall, Miss Helen, director, Henry Street Settlement for National
Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, New York,
N. Y____
Hamilton, Edwin S., M. D., member, board of trustees, American
Medical Association, Kankakee, Ill
Jackson, Stephen, Office of Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
Washington, D. C..
Kennedy, Miles D., legislative director, American Legion, Washington,
D. C...
Lachenbruch, Mrs. Milton, member, board of directors, Spokesmen for
Children, Washington, D. C....
Mason, Walter J., member, national legislative committee, American
Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C..
Alphabetical list of witnesses-Continued
Preble, Mrs. Edward C., 22 East Seven hundred and fourth Street,
Orangeburg, N. Y..
Schiff, Philip, chairman, national public social policies committee,
American Association of Social Workers, New York, N. Y..
Slayman, Charles, director of research and legislation, American Vet-
erans Committee, Washington, D. C......
Smart, Miss Elizabeth A., national director, department of legislation,
National Women's Christian Temperance Union, Washington, D. C.
St. John, Col. Clement F., Chief of the Medical Plans and Operations
Division, Office of the Surgeon General of the Army, Washington,
D. C
Stough, Mrs. Ada Barrett, executive director, American Parents Com-
mittee, Washington, D. C..
Swope, C. D., D. O., chairman, department of public relations, Ameri-
can Osteopathic Association, Washington, D. C..........
Van Steenwyk, executive director, American Hospital Service of
Philadelphia and chairman of Government relations committee of
Blue Cross Commission, Philadelphia, Pa..
Wedel, Mrs. Theodore, General Department of United Churchwomen
of the National Council of Churches of Christ, Washington, D. C____
Whatley, David, Bethesda, Md...
Statements, data and communications:
Best, Ella, R. N., executive secretary, American Nurses Association,
New York, N. Y.: Telegram dateď March 11, 1952.
Bourne, George C., M. D., secretary, Barnstable District Medical
Society, Hyannis, Mass.: Letter dated March 19, 1952_.
Coughlin, John J., New York State commander, Catholic War Vet-
erans, New York, N. Y.: Telegram dated March 19, 1952
Davis, Michael M., chairman, executive committee, Committee for
the Nation's Health, Washington, D. C.: Letter dated April 17,
1952.
Farrell, Teresa A., director, family and child welfare division of the
Flint Council of Social Agencies, Flint, Mich.: Telegram dated
March 13, 1952.
Glynn, J., president, Anemostat Local 144, United Automobile
Workers, CIO, Hartford, Conn.: Telegram dated March 10, 1952-
Gruber, Arnold E., director of case work services, Hennepin County
Welfare Board, Minneapolis, Minn.: Letter dated March 3, 1952
Harris, Jeannette, legislative chairman, Women's Trade Union
League, New York, N. Y.: Telegram dated March 10, 1952-
Huston, K. M., president, Women's Democratic Club of Chemung
County, Elmira, N. Y.: Letter dated March 14, 1952......
Ketchum, Omar B.. director, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States, Kansas City, Mo.: Letter dated March 6, 1952_-
Lunceford, Albert T., secretary-treasurer, Greater Los Angeles CIO
Council, Los Angeles, Calif.: Letter dated March 12, 1952__
Mann, Michael, executive secretary, Chicago Industrial Union Coun-
cil, CIO, Chicago, Ill.: Telegram dated March 11, 1952.
McCaskill, J. L., director, legislation and Federal relations division,
National Education Association of the United States, Washington,
D. C.: Letter dated March 5, 1952-
Nelson, R. A., M. D., Wichita, Kans.: Letter dated March 1, 1952–
O'Halloran, C. V., director, region 6, United Auto Workers, CIO,
Los Angeles, Calif.: Telegram dated March 10, 1952
Reiss, Mrs. Oscar, chairman, committee on emergency maternity and
infant care, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, Calif.: Letter dated May 12, 1952.
Roval Industrial Union, Local 937, United Auto Workers, CIO,
Hartford, Conn.: Telegram dated March 10, 1952--
Sanders, Matt G., M. D., president, Webster County Medical Society,
Fort Dodge, Iowa: Letter dated March 22, 1952-
Tryon, Arthur H., executive director, Veterans Service Center, 306
West Third St., Los Angeles, Calif.: Letter dated March 28, 1952
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